Central Italy

Central Italy (Italian: Italia centrale or just Centro) is one of the five official statistical regions of Italy used by the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), a first level NUTS region and a European Parliament constituency. Central Italy encompasses four of the country's 20 regions:

  • Lazio
  • Marche
  • Tuscany
  • Umbria

Famous quotes containing the words central and/or italy:

    “It’s easy to forget how central the French people are in everything we mean when we say Europe.”
    —John Dos Passos (1896–1970)

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